out the cause of death 法医；验尸官■ — compare pathologist
'medical hall noun (IndE, informal) a chemisfs shop/
drugstore药店；药房
'medical officer noun [abbr. MO) a person, usually a
doctor, employed in an organization to deal with medical and health matters，巫生火员；，卫生干事；.（某
机构的）专职医生
Medi-care /'medikea(r); NAmE -ker/ noun (u] 1 (in the US) the
federal insurance system that provides medical care for people over 65医合保障制度，老年保健医疗制
度（美国政府向65岁以上的人提供的医疗保险）2 (in Australia and Canada) the national medical care
system for all people that is paid for by taxes (spelt ‘medicare’ in Canada)医疗保健制度（澳大利亚和加拿大政府为所有
人而_设，资源来自税收；加拿大拼写为medicare) medi-cate /'medikeit/ verb [VN] to give sb
medicine, especially a drug that affects their behaviour 缉•用药 (尤_指影响行为的药物h用药物治疗 medi-cated /'medikeitid/ adj. containing a substance
for preventing or curing infections of your skin or hair 药物的，含药的（用于防治皮肤或头发感染）：medf- cated shampoo/soap药物洗发液/肥皂
medi.ca.tion
/■medi’keij'n/
noun [U, C] a drug or
another form of medicine that you take to prevent or to treat an illness 药；药物'：to be cm medfcation 进行药 物治疗◊ Are you
currentZy ta/dng any medfcatio/i?标在
月艮用什么药吗？. ◊
Manymedi’cations are avafZaWe without a prescription.许多流感药不用处方就可以发到。
me-di.cin.al ./m^disml/ at//
helpful in .the process of healing illness or infection 有疗知的；药用菇；药的：
medicinal
herbs/p〖ants 草_病；药用植medicinal
properties/use 药性；药用◊ ffe cZafms he
keeps a bottle of brandy
only for medicinal purposes, -ffe 说他着一瓶白兰地只是为了药用。
rhedi-cine 〇T*/'medsn; -disn/ noun 1 [U] the study and
treatment of diseases and injuries 医学：advances in modem medicine现代医学的发展◊ to
stutiy/practise medfcfne 学医.；' 行医◊ traditiomii/
conventional/orthodox medicine 传统 / 常规 / 正统医学
◊
alternative medicine 替代疗法 _ see also Ayurvedic
MEDICINE，DEFENSIVE MEDICINE 2.
[U，C] a substance,
especially a liquid that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness 药；（先指 > 药水：Dfcf you .take your
medici’/ie?你吃过药了吗？ ◊ cough medicine 咳嗽药◊ Chinese herbaZ medfcfnes 中国草药一picture page R25 tlpl the best 'medicine the best way of improving a situation,
especially of making you feel happier (改进状况的）最佳方法；（尤指）除乡心病的
良方：laughter is the best medicine.欢笑是一副良药。
a taste/dose of your own medicine the same bad treatment
that you have given to others 自.己曾给别人
的苦头：let the buHy have a
taste 〇/ his own medicine. 让那个恶棍得到报应吧。
'medicine ball noun a large heavy ball
which is thrown and caught as a form of exercise 健身实心球 'medicine man noun a person who is
believed to have special magic powers of healing, especially among Native
Americans 巫医（尤指美洲 土差）。一 compare
WITCH DOCTOR
med-ico /'medikau; NAmE -kou/ noun {pi. -os) {informal) a doctor医生；大未
medi.eval (also medi.aeval) /.medi'iivl; NAmE also ,mi:d-/ adj. [usually before noun]
connected with the Middle Ages (about AD 1000 to AD 1450)中世纪的（.:约 ■公元 1000 到 1450 年）：medieval
architecture/casties/ mcmuscripts中世纪舍建筑/城堡/手稿◊ the literature
0/ the kite medfevaZ period丰世纪后期的女学
me-di-ocre
/,mi:di'auka(r);
NAmE -'oukar/ adj. {disap- prav//?g) not very
good; ot only average standard 平庸
的；普通的平常的：a mediocre mu5ician/to〖ent/ pe/formance平庸的音乐家/才能/表演thought the pZay was
mediocre.我认为这部戏剧只是平庸之作。
me-di-oc-rity /.miidi'Dkrati; NAmE -'a:k-/ noun {pi. -ies) {disapproving) 1 [U] the quality of
being average or not very good 平庸；普通；平常：His acting career
started
briHiantiy, then sank into
mediocrity•他的演艺生涯开场
时轰轰烈烈，然后就变得庸庸碌碌。2 [C] a person who is
not very good at sth平庸之人；碌碌无为者：a bril- liant leader,
surrounded by mediocrities
的杰出领导
medi-tate /'mediteit/ verb
1 [V] ~ (on/upon sth) to think deeply, usually in silence, especially for
religious reasons or in order to make your mind calm 冥想；沉思 2 [\/H] {formal)
to plan sth in your mind; to consider doing sth 暗自策划；考虑；谋戈j 033 contemplate： 77iey were meditating revenge们在谋划进行报复。
medi-ta-tion /imedi'teijn/ noun 1 [u] the practice of
thinking deeply in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to
make your mind calm 冥想；沉
思..；深思She found peace through yoga and medita- tion.她通瑜伽和冥想找到了宁静。◊ He was deep in
meditation and didn’t see me come in.他疋在沉思，没
有看见我进来。2
[C，usually pi.]〜（on sth) serious
thoughts on a particular
subject that sb writes down or speaks 沉思录：his meditations on h/e
and art 他对生活
和艺术的沉思录
medi.ta.tive /'meditativ; NAmE -teit-/ .adj.
{format) thinking very deeply; involving deep thought 深思的； 陷入沉思的’HE] thoughtful : She found him in a meditative mood.她见他正在沉思。◊ a meditative poem 一首冥想诗
Mediterranean /.medite'reinian/ adj.
[only before noun] connected with the
me-dium /'miidiam/ adj.,
noun
madj. [usually
before noun] {abbr. M) in the middle between
two sizes,. amounts, lengths,
temperatures, etc 中等
的；中号的 HT7I average ： a medium-size car/busi- ness/town申■型汽％'7签’■业；中等城镇◊ a’mcm qf
medium height/bufW 中等身材的乂 ◊ There are three
sizes—small, medium and
large. 小号、
中号和大号。◊ Coofc over a
medium heat/or 25 mmufes. 用 + 火表 15■分钟。◊ a medium dry white wine 中度千 白葡萄酒◊ C/ioose medium
to large tomatoes•选取中到
大个的西红柿。D3E1 see term n.
mnoun {pi. media /'miidia/ or me-diums) 1 a way of
communicating information，etc. to people':.(传播信息 的）媒介，手段，方法：the medfum 〇/ mdfo/tetevf- sfori 广播 / 电视媒介◊ eZectronic/audio-visual media 电_ /视听媒^ ◊
Television is the modem medium 0/ communication•电视是现代传媒。◊ A T-shirt can
be an
excellent medium for getting your message across. * T 恤衫可以成为一种极好的表达信息的媒介。CSH The plural in this
meaning is 'usually media.此义的复数
■形式通常为 media。一 see also mass media, media 2 something that is
used for: a particular purpose 手 段；.工具；方法：is the medium 〇/instruction (=the language used to teach
other subjects)..用英语进
行教学。◊ Video is a
good medium/or /earning a/orei^n kmguage•录像是一种学习外语的好务法。3 the material or the
form that an artist, a writer or a musician uses (文艺刽.作中使甩的）耠料，形式：the medium af paint/poetry/clmma绘画/诗歌/戏雙的媒介〇做^厂- colour is his favourite medium.
现方式、4 (fc/o/ogy 生）.a substance that sth
exists or grows in or that it travels through 介质；培养基；环
境：The bacteria were
growing in a sugar medium.
在糖基中生爹。5 (/?/. me-diurriis;) a person who claims to be able to
communicate with the spirits of dead people 通灵的人；灵媒；巫师EU see happy
'medium-sized 〇办 of average size 中等大小的；中型 的；中号的：a mdfum-s^ed saucepan中号的锅
'medium-term adj. used to describe a
period of time that is a few weeks or months into the future 中期的： the government’s medium-term strategy 政府的
中期金融策略
'medium wave {abbr. M\N) noun [U] (also the medium wave [sing.]) a band of
radio waves with a length of
between 100 and 1000 metres 中波彳波长 _l〇〇 到 1 〇〇〇 米 V: 648 m on (the) medium wave
中故 648 米.;一compare short
wave